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' UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

I GEORGE A. RICHARDSON, OF READING, 'MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JASON W. RICHARDSON, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,242, dated November 7, 1893.

Application filed July 15,1893. Serial No. 480,574. (No model.)

To aZZ whom zit-may concern: Y In carrying out my invention, I form upon Be it known that I, GEORGE A. RIOHARD- the sole, inside of the edge thereof, a shoulo SON, of Reading, iu the county of Middlesex der 01. Said shoulder is formed by raisinga f and State of Massachusetts, have invented bead on the sole, as shownv in Figs. 1,V 2, 3, 4

certain new and useful Improvements in the and 5, said bead having two sides; the shoul- Manufacture of Turned Shoes, of which the. der being arranged so that it forms, upon the following is a specification. right or outer side of the sole, a continuous 55 This invention has for its object to provide surface which defines the outline or contour a simple and economical method of making a of the sole when the parts are turned. The lo turned shoe in such manner as to reduce to sole and upper are connected by stitches s lthe minimum the cost of manufacture, and outside of the shoulder a', said parts being to produce a neat and attractive shoe. wrong side out when thus stitched together, 6o

The invention consists in the improved so that the shoulder is within the space inmethod hereinafter described of making closed by the sole and upper, as shown in turned shoes, said method comprising the fol- Fig. 5. I then turn the shoe, as indicated in lowing steps, namely: rs-t, raising ahead Figs. 6, and 7, thus bringing the shoulder a near the margin of the sole to form a shoulupon the outside, the portion of the sole sur- 65 der, the contour of which determines the outrounding the shoulder becoming an inwardlyline of the sole in the completed boot or shoe; turned lip a3, this operation causing the zo then stitching the upper and sole together, shoulder to become the edge of the sole, that inside out, along a line outside of said shoulpart of the sole outside of the shoulderl and der; andthenturningthe shoe,the said shoulthe corresponding part of the upper being 7o der defining the outline of said sole, and enturned inwardly. The shoe may be comabling the turning operation to be expedipleted by inserting an inner-sole d, as shown tiously performed, and in such manner as to in Fig. 7.

give the sole a neat and finished appearance, The inwardly-turned lip a3 is not secured as I will now proceed to describe. to the body of the sole, but is left loose, as 75 Of the accompanying drawings, forming indicated in Fig. 6, thus giving the shoe more part of this specification: Figurel represents flexibility and ease toi the foot than it would 3o a plan View of a sole prepared for attachhaveifthisinWardly-turnedlipwerecemented ment to the upper, in accordance with my inor otherwise secured to the main body of the vention. Fig. 2 represents a section on line sole. 8o 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a sectional The shoulder a maybe formed bypressing View, showing the manner of forming the the sole between two dies h h', as shown in shoulder shown in Figs. l and 2. Fig. 4: rep- Fig. 3; or by pressing-down portions of the resents a transverse section, showing a difsole in-to a groove in a last fi, as shown in ferent manner of forming the said shoulder. Fig. 4. Fig. 5 represents a transverse section, show- I claimingthe sole and upper fstitched together bel. The improved method hereinbefore de- 4o fore the turning operation. Fig. 6 represents scribed of making turned shoes, the same cona similar view, showing the said parts after sisting in raising a bead on the sole near the the-turning operation. Fig. 7 represents a margin thereof, whereby a shoulder a is o transverse section of a completed shoe, havformed then stitching the sole and upper toing an inner-sole. gether inside out, the said shoulder being 45 ,The same letters of reference indicate the within the shoe, and finally turning the shoe, same parts in all the'gures. the shoulder defining the edge of the sole, as

In the drawings: @represents the sole, and set forth. i

b the upper of a turned shoe. 2. A turned shoe, composed of a sole having a bead forming a shoulder near its edge, name to this specification, in the presence of and a lip turnediuwardly from said shoulder two subscribing Witnesses, this 11th day of and resting loosely upon the body of the sole July A. D. 1893.

without attachment thereto; and an upper, GEORGE A. RICHARDSON. 5 the edge of which is turned inwardly and Witnesses:

stitched to said lip; as set forth. C. F. BROWN,

In testimony whereof I have signed my A. D. HARRISON. 

